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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerome imagine while he is practicing by himself on the basketball court?
(a) Getting on the high school team.
(b) A scout seeing him.
(c) Playing for the pros.
(d) Playing against Bix.

2. What does Jerome realize as a result of Bix challenging him?
(a) Jerome does not need to talk as much as he thought he did.
(b) Jerome needs to think less about skin color.
(c) Jerome is probably wondering about his own ancestry.
(d) Jerome has his own prejudices.

3. What does Jerome worry about for his mother?
(a) She may have some emotional lapses.
(b) She may want to take over care of the house too soon.
(c) She may not be able to help him with his problems at school anymore.
(d) Her thinking may have been damaged.

4. What does Bix challenge his stepfather to do?
(a) Send him to the boarding school and see what Bix does about that.
(b) Let him go live with his real dad.
(c) Take him to see his mother and then let Bix decide if he wants to go back.
(d) Play a one-on-one game of basketball.

5. What does Bix say everyone is doing?
(a) Laughing at him.
(b) Poisoning the pies.
(c) Telling lies.
(d) Talking about him.

6. Who tests the winning pie(s)?
(a) The principal.
(b) The nurse.
(c) The janitor.
(d) Another teacher.

7. What does Jerome's mother say to Bix privately?
(a) Jerome does not know.
(b) To be kind to Jerome who is still an innocent.
(c) To stop thinking the world is against him.
(d) To be kind to Bix's mother.

8. Why does Jerome yell what he does to the person(s) watching him?
(a) The man keeps taunting Jerome.
(b) The two boys are twirling knives.
(c) He's still a little mad at Bix.
(d) The dog is growling.

9. How does Bix seem in Home Economics class?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Confident.
(d) Shy and uncomfortable.

10. What does Jerome notice about Bix's clothes?
(a) They are immaculate and stiff.
(b) They are in the latest style.
(c) They are untidy.
(d) They do not match.

11. What is Jerome unable to restrain after a few minutes of hiding in the dark?
(a) His laughter.
(b) His happiness.
(c) His fear.
(d) His anger.

12. What does Jerome hear as he is approaching the court?
(a) The sound of a basketball bouncing.
(b) The sound of several boys' voices.
(c) The sound of a police megaphone.
(d) The sound of a dog growling.

13. What does Jerome notice about Bix's shoes?
(a) They are terribly scuffed.
(b) The shoe laces are from tennis shoes.
(c) They are well shined.
(d) They have holes in them.

14. Why does Bix look for a new place to play basketball?
(a) The old place is locked up.
(b) The old place has been torn down.
(c) The old place is too far away.
(d) The old place has some rough-looking boys playing there.

15. What was Bix's mother's response to Bix saying he did not love her?
(a) She says she does not love Bix.
(b) She laughs.
(c) Attempted suicide.
(d) She slaps him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome take with him to his favorite basketball court?

2. What does Jerome's mother say she wants to do before Jerome goes with Bix to the hospital?

3. What does Jerome realize one night when he is practicing?

4. What does Jerome ask the Home Economics teacher?

5. How does Jerome calm Bix?

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